Anyone know of any friendly and natural(-ish) ways to discourage neighborhood cats from wandering through an unfenced back yard?
(I have no unreasonable illusions that someone's going to leap to my rescue here, but I figure the hivemind is a great compilation of interesting facts, so...what's the harm? :)
Some friends have moved into a rental with a great backyard, but now the neighborhood outdoor cats have started camping out there. Is there a scent or something that would discourage kitties, while not-bothering, say, birds?
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Anyone know of any friendly and natural(-ish) ways to discourage neighborhood cats from wandering through an unfenced back yard?
Motion sensor sprinklers. Cat comes into yard, water sprays, cat leaves. You;d have to fiddle with setting it up to make it not bother the birds, but I think you could manage it.
Dylan is always coming over here and hanging with my brother (last night, they went to the Phillies game and he slept here afterwards)--he loves coming here and seeing both his dad and grandma.
That's very good news indeed.
And this was an amusing x-post:
tommyrot:
An extra-bizarre case of "someone shoving something unnatural up his butt": [link]
Jesse:
I had a "bagel" from Panera.
It amused me because I instantly thought, "Yeah, a Panera "bagel" would not be nearly firm enough..."
SH, here are some homemade cat repellant ideas.
I know someone who had great success with vigilant use of a supersoaker out an open window. No harm to the animals but took a little time.
StuntHubby, I know some cats who abhor the scent of citrus and/or peppermint.
Or, you could install sprinklers and turn them on remotely every time you see a cat in the yard....
Unrelated: This is starting to resemble the ultimate meme mashup.
I like this one better: [link]
Some of these I have seen in people's yards: [link]
Don't know how effective they are.
